Automatic weatherproof sash.



G. L. BODY.

Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

AUTOMATIC WEATHEEPROOF SASH.

APPLIGATION FILED MAB..25,1911.

NITEI) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE LEONARD BODY, 0F HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

AUTOMATIC WEATHERPROOF SASI-I.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LEONARD BODY, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, residing at 5 Walnut street north, in the city of Hamilton, inthe county of Wentworth, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada,have invented a certainnew and useful Automatic Veatherproof Sash, ofwhich the following is a' specication.

This invention relates to sashes, and it has more particular referenceto that type or form of window sash which is fitted with a damp or draftexcluding means.

The main object of my invention is to provide an improved constructionof sash of the above referred to nature which is automatic' in action,absolutely weatherproof, and which furthermore remains unaffected byvarying climatic conditions.

A further object of my invention is to make the damp or draft excludingmeans when in use have an interlocking connection as between the sashstile and the window frame.

A still further object of my invention is to construct the sashes sothat by raising or lowering they are automatically freed and can beswung about their points of suspen sion for cleaning, or defiected forventilating purposes.

The invention consists essentially in the fitting at each vertical sideof the window frame of a laterally movable bar which is adapted foractuation by means of projections at the upper and lower ends of thesash side Stiles.

lThe accompanying drawing is in diagrammatic illustration of oneconvenient form of my invention :--Figure 1, being a broken rear faceelevation of one end of a pair of sashes embodying my presentimprovements. Fig. 2, is a front elevation of the same looking towardthe left of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a transverse section to an enlarged scalethrough a part of the window frame and both sashes. Fig. 4, is a brokenface view of a side bar hereinafter fully described. Fig. 5, is an edgeview of the same looking to the right of the preceding figure.

Like reference numerals designate the same or similar parts in theseveral figures.

According to my invention and as applied to an ordinary double sashwindow frame as shown 1, 2, are respectively the outside and inside sidelinings, and 3, is the pulley stile or side frame.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 25, 1911.

Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

Serial No. 616,828.

4, is the parting strip, 5, the upper sash side stile and 6, the lowersash side stile.

7 is the meeting rail of the upper sash and 8 the meeting rail of thelower sash, and in order to insure a damp and air proof joint t-hereat Ifit to each said meeting rail a strip 9, which is provided with aninclined face 10, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

Each side stile 5 6, is provided approximately mid-way of its lengthwith any suitable pivot device 11, which is fitted into an appropriatesocket 12, formed for its reception in an auxiliary side bar or runnerslide 13. These auxiliary side bars 13 extend vertically for the fulllength of each sash side. stile, and they have the ordinary sash cordssecured into grooves 14, therein in the well known way, and it will bereadily seen that bylowering the upper sash or raising the lower oneaway from the `top and bottom lateral stop beads-not shown-said sashesmay be swung outwardly or inwardly about the pivots 11, for purposes ofcleaning or ventilation. Each side bar 13, is provided at one end withan inclined projection 15, which may conveniently be a metal block heldthereto by means of a iiange 16, secured to said bar 13, by wood screws17 17, Figs. 4, and 5; and at the other end with a toothed projection18, formed integral with a fiat plate 19, similarly fixed in place byrwood screws 20, 20. The projections 15, and 18, serve for the purposehereafter explained. The side bars 13, 13, are of a less width than thepulley stiles 5, 6, as will be clearly understood from Fig. 3.

Preferably on the inner side of each pulley stile and adjacent to theaforesaid side bars 13, 13, I securely fix a length of hard wood 21,-forexample-by means of wood screws or the like passing through holes 22,therein into the aforesaid pulley stile 3. This length of hard wood 21,is inclined at each end 23, at an angle of about forty five degrees, andit is furnished with two or more similarly inclined slots 24, 24 throughwhich pass pins 25, 25, the free ends whereof are securely fixed to thinstrips 26, 26, the ends 23, and slots 24, are inclined in onedirection,downwardly as regards the lower sash, and in a reversedirectionupwardly-, as regards the upper sash as will be clearly seen onan inspection of Fig. 2.

27, is a tongue fixed on or formed integral with the side stile of eachsash 5, 6, for

cooperation with the strips 26, 26, when moved thereover, and saidtongues 27, may be chamfered-off, oi cut down on their free ends 28, topermit the easy passage thereover of the distance pieces joiningtogether the free ends of the aforesaid strips 26, 26.

In use and assuming that the lower sash is raised, the hollow weatherbar constituted by the connected strips 26, 26, will lie flat againstthe pulley stile 3. Then said sash is lowered the inclined projection15, will be forced against the similarly inclined upper end of thehollow weather bar aforesaid and thereby move said bar away from thepulley stile, its course being guided and controlled by the pins 25, 25,in the slots 24, 24, until said bar is jammed against the sash sidestile 6, with the tongue 27, between the thin strips, as will be clearlyunderstood on an examination of the lower half of Fig. 3. In raising thesaid sash the toothed projection 18, will be forced over the lowerinclined end of the hollow weather bar and thereby drive same flatagainst the adjacent pulley stile. The operation of the Lipper hollowweather bar will be in a reverse direction and clearly understoodwithout explicit description.

Obviously the hollow weather bars may be made of wood sheathed withmetal at all the wearing places, or entirely from metal, and it will bereadily seen that with a window having my improvements applied at bothvertical sides of the sashes, either' outside or inside, a perfectlycertain weather proof closure is insured in every respect. Furthermorewarping of the sashes or window frame does not affect my device seeingthat the hollow strips will be outwardly jammed just the same, whilerattling is effectively prevented.

I? rom the foregoing specification it will be readily recognized that Ihave provided an extremely effective device for the purposes specified,and I do not limit myself in any respect to the specific details ofconstruction disclosed, many alterations and various other combinationsthereof being possible without in any way departing from the field andscope of the invention, and it is intended to include all such withinthis application wherein only one convenient embodiment has beendescribed and shown.

I-Iaving set forth my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a window frame and sashes, of verticallydisposed bars having inclined ends and similarly inclined slots therein,hollow registering bars constituted by thin strips distance pieces andpins passing through the aforesaid inclined slots, side bars pivotallyconnected to the sash side stiles, an inclined projection formed at oneend of each said side bar and a toothed projection at the other forcontact with and the operation of the aforesaid hollow bars, and tongueson the sash side stiles for cooperation with the hollow bars when movedthereover, substantially as described for the purpose specified.

2. rIhe combination with a window frame and sashes, of verticallydisposed bars having inclined ends and similarly inclined slots therein,hollow inter-registering bars constituted by thin strips distance piecesand pins passing through the aforesaid inclined slots, side barspivotally connected to the sash side stiles, an inclined blockprojection secured to one end of each said side bar by means of a flangeand screws, a toothed projection secured to the other end of each sidebar by means of a flange plate and screws, said projections beingadapted to contact with and operate the aforesaid vhollow bars, andtongues formed on the side stiles for interlocking cooperation with theaforesaid hollow bars, substantially as shown for the purpose specified.

Signed at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, this 22nd day of March, 1911.

GEORGE LEONARD BODY.

In the presence of- ALrRnD T. BRa'ivroN, Gnn'rm P. NICHOLSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

